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VMM 2012 SMI-S

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 2:42 pm
by JoeHodkinson
Good afternoon all,

I have set-up a StarWind server (Free edition) and installed and I think configured the SMI-S software correctly - I did follow the guide.

When I try to add a storage device in the VMM 2012 console (not using SSL) I get to the 'Discover and import storage device information' page where the progress bar gets about 50% and sits there for around 15 - 20 seconds before the VMM console closes completely and tries to reconnect.

Has anyone else experienced this behaviour? I have tried this in 3 or 4 different setups, different machines etc. and always get the same!

Thanks, Joe

Re: VMM 2012 SMI-S

Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 11:41 am
by Bohdan (staff)
Please provide us more details about your config. Were StarWind, VMM and SMI-S provider installed on same machine?
If StarWind and SMI-S provider were installed on the same server, the hostname field of SMI-S configurator should be "localhost", else - you should specify the IP address of the StarWind server.
Also make sure that device path is the existing directory.
http://www.starwindsoftware.com/forums/ ... tml#p16301

Re: VMM 2012 SMI-S

Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 2:27 pm
by JoeHodkinson
I have tried several different set-ups with the same result. Currently the SMS-I and StarWind software are installed on the same server with the VMM on a separate box. I have tried to add it from the VMM console on the VMM server and also a console installed on the StarWind server but both just exit and try to reconnect.

I have followed the instructions to the letter as far as I can see but please see my config which I have attached. As you can see I have set the path to My Computer\\D\\StarWind - I have created the directory | StarWind manually in the root of the D drive. Do you need to set any particular security on this folder?


Thanks,
Joe

Re: VMM 2012 SMI-S

Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 8:33 am
by Yuriy (staff)
Dear JoeHodkinson,

We need to know version of SC VMM that you use.
We'll try to reproduce this issue on that version.

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Best regards,
Yuriy.

Re: VMM 2012 SMI-S

Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 8:49 am
by JoeHodkinson
Hello - the version is VMM 2012 SP1 CTP2 (version 3.1.3010.0). If you need any more info let me know.

Thanks, Joe

Re: VMM 2012 SMI-S

Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 2:05 pm
by Yuriy (staff)
JoeHodkinson wrote:Hello - the version is VMM 2012 SP1 CTP2 (version 3.1.3010.0). If you need any more info let me know.

Thanks, Joe
Joe,

It will be nice if you collect CIM-XML command tracing for us.
Look here for more information on how to get it ("Enable SCX CIM-XML command tracing" point):
http://blogs.technet.com/b/hectorl/arch ... races.aspx

Please, collect tracing for a moment of SC VMM service crash and some time before.

Thanks in advance!

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Yuriy.